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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Published 1968. Paperback, [90] pp.; 20 x 23 cm (oblong); illustrated with color and black-and-white plates.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition in the original glassine dust wrapper. Textured cream paper covers, title printed in blue-green watercolor-wash lettering on front cover, black lettering on spine; mild edge wear, with foxing and toning along top edge of covers and light spotting along bottom edge of rear cover. Binding tight. Inner covers mildly toned and mild foxing along top edge of text block; pages otherwise unmarked. Glassine wrapper quite toned, with chipping and tearing along top and bottom edges of front flap and at tail of spine. Catalogue of an exhibition of 109 watercolors by eight American painters, shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (April 23 to June 16, 1968), the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, and the Seattle Art Museum. Compiled by Larry Curry, associate curator at LACMA, with an essay tracing the medium from its English origins to its acceptance in America and a section on each artist. Lenders include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Phillips Collection, the Dove Estate through the Downtown Gallery, and Andrew Wyeth, who lent five works. Plates include Homer's "The Adirondack Guide," Sargent's "Muddy Alligators," Prendergast's "Piazza di San Marco," Demuth's "Still Life: Apples and Green Glass," and Wyeth's "Coon Dog." Includes a full catalogue list giving dimensions, signatures and lenders, a chronological bibliography by artist, and general references.